Warranty and Support

CAST believes that superb support is one of the key reasons customers
choose an IP supplier. Therefore, we strive to be the best in the industry
in all aspects of pre and post sale support. We make every effort to
respond to any request within 24 hours with a useful answer to our
customer's questions. We answer questions on our cores, how to use
them with various tools, and, as much as possible, how to deal with
specific application issues that are not directly core related. It
is our goal to help our customers succeed with their projects.

Warranty

CAST provides a 90-day warranty against defects in the core. A
defect is any deviation in behavior from our published specifications.
We will fix any bug that is found provided that the customer can deliver
to us a test case that allows us to reproduce the failure at our facilities.

Support

New customers: A new customer will always receive the latest available
revision of the ordered core unless they are ordering a special version
that needs to be prepared. In the case of a special version, that version
will be shipped as soon as it is ready. Should CAST find a problem
in the core within the first week, that revised core will be shipped
to the customer automatically.

Phone and e-mail support will be available for new customers for any
question they may have. Should the question revolve around a piece
of software such as a development tool not supported by CAST, CAST
will make every reasonable effort to acquire and learn the software.
However if this proves too expensive or time consuming (in CAST’s
opinion) the software will either not be supported or the customer
will be charged for the extra work. Every reasonable effort will be
made, however, to support the customer if at all possible.

Customers under support: CAST has two support programs. The first
is included in the cost of the product and runs for 30 days. There
is also an additional annual support contract that can be purchased.
This contract starts after the first 30 days have expired. The 30-day
period does not start until the first call has been received by CAST
Support. At that time, the 30-day clock will start. The 30 days of
included support will expire if not used within six months of the original
purchase order. If the customer has an annual support program, the
30-day support starts immediately upon delivery and runs for 12 months.

Any updates made to a core will be made available to customers on
active support. The release notes or other appropriate description
will be sent to each customer with active support. Should the customer
require the fixed core, it will be sent free of charge.

Customers out of support: Warranty issues will be handled as described
above.

Support for problems not related to the core itself will be provided
on a charge basis. To avoid ongoing per incident charges, CAST will
allow the customer to purchase or renew a support agreement.

A customer who is not under a support agreement will not be informed
of an update when it comes available. However, if a problem in a CAST
core is discovered, CAST will fix this problem (or send an update if
it is available).